Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Effelsberg_100-m_Radio_Telescope
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:coordinates 50.5248° N, 6.8836° E
gptkbp:currentRank second largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world
gptkbp:diameter 100 meters
gptkbp:dishType parabolic
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Max_Planck_Society
gptkbp:height approximately 60 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
gptkbp:location gptkb:Effelsberg,_North_Rhine-Westphalia,_Germany
gptkbp:material gptkb:steel
gptkbp:notableFor contributions to pulsar discoveries
long-term monitoring of radio sources
precision engineering of the dish surface
studies of active galactic nuclei
gptkbp:opened 1972
gptkbp:openToPublic visitor center available
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Radio_Astronomy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:European_VLBI_Network
gptkbp:rankAtCompletion largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world (1972)
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:VLBI_(Very_Long_Baseline_Interferometry)
radio astronomy
pulsar research
galactic and extragalactic studies
gptkbp:website https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/effelsberg
gptkbp:weight approximately 3200 tons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Radio_Astronomy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3